MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
IT HAPPENED IN MAY
QROSSWORD QLUES "Q"
THAT'S AWFUL GRIMM
LITERARY FROGS & TOADS
WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE OCCUPATION?
200

May 1, 1941:

Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York

Citizen Kane

200

This Nevada city was founded in May 1905 on 110 acres that would eventually become the city's downtown

Las Vegas

200

Little game bird
(5)

a quail

200

These 2 kids, near-victims of cannibalization, burn a woman to death & don't think twice about it

Hansel & Gretel

200

She wrote & illustrated "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher", about a frog with more fashion sense than common sense

Beatrix Potter

200

Kurt Russell in "Backdraft"

a firefighter

400

May 1, 1961:

This victorious Cuban declares his nation a socialist state

Fidel Castro

400

Joan of Arc lifted the Siege of Orleans in May 1429, turning the tide in this long conflict

the Hundred Years' War

400

Nauseated
(6)

queasy

400

The final words in "The Death of the Little" this, a female domestic fowl-- "and then everyone was dead"

the hen
***

400

In this 1908 novel Mr. Toad lives in a big house called Toad Hall & drives a fancy car

The Wind in the Willows

400

Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd..." (we'd give it away with the full title)

a barber

600

May 1, 2004:
Latvia, Slovakia & 8 other states join this

the European Union

600

These criminals known for robbery & violence were shot dead on May 23, 1934

Bonnie and Clyde

600

Flavor-ful physics particle
(5)

a quark

600

When 2 girls get too rough playing with a bear, the bear says, this girl & "Rose-Red, will you beat your wooer dead?"

Snow White

600

He gained early fame for a tale about a celebrated jumping frog in California

Mark Twain

600

Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Jerry Maguire", ya know?!

a football player

800

May 1, 1218:
Rudolf I, the first German king of this royal house, is born

Hapsburg

***

800

Father of the famous Quaker, Admiral William Penn failed to take Hispaniola from the Spanish in April of 1655, but did capture this island in May

Jamaica

800

To guzzle
(5)

quaff

800

"The Twelve Brothers" ends with this "wicked" relative "put into a barrel filled with boiling oil and venomous snakes"

the stepmother

***

800

The chocolate frogs in her books are just candy, but a spell makes them jump

J.K. Rowling

800

**DAILY DOUBLE**

Anil Kapoor in "Slumdog Millionaire" (a very honorable profession!)

a quiz show host

***


1000

May 1, 1851:
London's Great Exhibition opens in this glittering glass & iron "Palace"

the Crystal Palace

1000

This chemist was guillotined in May 1794; legend has it that the judge said, "The republic has no need of geniuses"

Lavoisier

1000

Astringent fruit
(6)

quince

1000

In this tale a woman cuts off her own toe to fit into some footwear

"Cinderella"

1000

In fables of this ancient Greek, frogs blow themselves up, get eaten by storks & are crushed by bulls

Aesop

1000

Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War"

Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War"